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Scrambler bikes

“They are lucky they didn’t get knocked off, it’s really dangerous. They’re getting worse for scrambler bikes here, you hear of it all the time.”

Earlier this year we reported on a gang of shameless scrambler bike riders who held up traffic to pose for a group photo.

The 15 riders perch on their off-road vehicles and hold their fists in the air as their mate pointed his camera at them.

The image was captured just streets from where a high-profile crackdown on the bikes was launched by police in March.

Taken on March 13, the pictures show a convoy of scrambler bikes enjoying the freedom of the road as they ride through Stockbridge Village.

Police have been at the forefront of what is becoming a war against off-road bikes. Last year they seized dozens of the vehicles before crushing them at a salvage yard near Skelmersdale .

The latest initiative against the illegal use of the bikes will see an advertising van spread the campaign’s call for people to speak up in the worst affected areas, thought to include Stockbridge Village, Bootle, Litherland and Toxteth.

Anyone with information about where these bikes are being stored or who is riding them should contact Crimestoppers anonymously 24/7 on 0800 555 111.